Watch List notes:

Moche Bottle from Peru, ca. 450 - 500 AD. A fine Moche IV stirrup vessel from Peru, ca. 450 - 550 AD. It is 9-1/2" high and is decorated with a bean motif covering a little more than half the chamber. The Moche used such ideographic designs to communicate messages. The stirrup is decorated with a serpent, as well as a Cereus cactus. Vivid paint, good mineral deposits. Ex Gallatin estate. Cf. Larco Hoyle "Los Mochicas I" page 164. Value range: $850 - $1000.